VMware workstation 10.0.1 install won't work 14.04

Question

So I switched to the new version of Ubuntu (14.04) and, as expected, I ran into some problems. Now I usually just go around on google and look for answers but since it's on 14.04 I didn't found any good way to solve the problem.

SO

I downloaded the .bundle file, x64 (matches my version) sudo bash the whole thing, get to the installation windows. I complete the installation successfully (Like on 12.04 and 13.10) but when I launch VMware I get:

"Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded into the running kernel"

I have the option "cancel" (obviously not the one I want) and the option "Install" (I clicked that one)

I am prompted to enter my password

And a second installation process launches and (Boom) Pop-up window "Unable to start services See log file bla bla bla"

Went to check the log file but I can barely understand what it means. Maybe you can?

Here it is: http://pastebin.com/XQqSdVUG

So yeah, please help me, I never had this problem before.

Thanks!

Solution 1

After looking around, you need to run this script:

#!/bin/bash

cat << EOF > /tmp/filter.c.patch
--- vmnet-only/filter.c 2013-10-18 15:11:55.000000000 -0400
+++ vmnet-only/filter.c 2013-12-21 20:15:15.000000000 -0500
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "compat_module.h"
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
 #if COMPAT_LINUX_VERSION_CHECK_LT(3, 2, 0)
 #   include <linux/module.h>
 #else
@@ -203,7 +204,11 @@
 #endif

 static unsigned int
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)
 VNetFilterHookFn(unsigned int hooknum,                 // IN:
+#else
+VNetFilterHookFn(const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,        // IN:
+#endif
 #ifdef VMW_NFHOOK_USES_SKB
                  struct sk_buff *skb,                  // IN:
 #else
@@ -252,7 +257,12 @@

    /* When the host transmits, hooknum is VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING. */
    /* When the host receives, hooknum is VMW_NF_INET_LOCAL_IN. */
-   transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
+   
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)
+    transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
+#else
+    transmit = (ops->hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
+#endif

    packetHeader = compat_skb_network_header(skb);
    ip = (struct iphdr*)packetHeader;
EOF

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
# untar the vmnet modules
tar -xvf vmnet.tar
#run a the patch you should have just saved earlier
patch vmnet-only/filter.c < /tmp/filter.c.patch
# re-tar the modules
tar -uvf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
#delete the previous working directory
rm -rf vmnet-only

You run it with root privileges.

Thanks to this website: http://fazlearefin.blogspot.ca/2014/03/vmware-workstation-10-not-working-on.html

Solution 2

Has come a new version that fixes the problem in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The new version of Vmware Workstation is 10.0.2 ( 17 April 2014).

About Releases Notes:

Workstation now launches on Ubuntu 14.04. Resolved an issue preventing Workstation from starting on Ubuntu 14.04.

Best Regards.

Comments

[saiarcot895]

If you type in make in terminal, what happens?

[Belval]

What do you mean by make?

[saiarcot895]

The command make. If you enter it in Terminal and run it, do you get a command not found error or that no Makefile was found?

[Belval]

since it's a .bundle I don't have a makefile :/

[saiarcot895]

I know. Open a Terminal, type in "make", and press enter. Which one of the above results (command not found vs no Makefile found) do you get? The directory you are in is irrelevant.

[Belval]

I got: "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."

[saiarcot895]

Ok, that tells me that you have make installed, but the error is occurring in the compilation itself. My guess is that some of the classes/methods called by the VMWare module (in this case, vmnet) no longer exist in Linux kernel 3.13.

[Belval]

That seems problematic, is there any way to correct this quickly or I'll have to wait for an update?

[saiarcot895]

The best solution is to wait for VMWare to publish an update. If you can get the log/output produced by the make command itself, that would be a step forward.

[Belval]

I'll probably just wait, how much time can it takes? More than a month or...

[Admin]

patch works fine - the problem seems to be the kernel version (too new) Tnx